diabetes mellitus
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes with HbA1c levels of more than 6.5%. 2) the mean value of two spot urine examinations for albumin excretion rate was less than 150 mg/g creatinine for all patients.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with serum creatinine levels greater than 1.3 mg/dl, nephrotic syndrome, history of angina pectoris and/or myocardial infarction, ischemic cerebral vascular events, arteriosclerosis obliterans, familial hypercholesterolemia or type III hyperlipidemia were excluded as subjects for macroangiopathy analysis. With regard to microangiopathy analysis, patients with a history of intra-ocular surgeries or non-diabetic nephropathy were excluded. The patients studied had no baseline diabetic retinopathy (subjects for primary retinopathy prevention analysis) or minimal background retinopathy (subjects for secondary retinopathy prevention analysis).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parameters and indices related to glycemic control, diabetic complications, dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity and atherosclerosis were measured several times a year. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetology